Sewage-disposal system.



C. W. RUSSELL.

SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM: APPucATmN FILED sans, 1918.*

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CORNEALIUS WELKER RUSSELL, 0F BURLINGTON, IOWA.

SEWAGE-DISPOSAL SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1919).

Application led September 9, 1918. Serial No. 253,221.

To all w hom t may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, CORNEALIUS WELKER RUSSEL-1., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Burlington, in the countyof Des Moines and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Sewage-Disposal System, of which:the following is a specification.'

rlhe subject of this invention is a sewage disposal system without waterworks of that class in which a septic action is made use of.

The object of the invention is the provision of a simple and eiiicientsystem of this character capable of ready installation in localitieswhere water works and sewer pipes are not convenient.

The invention also contemplates generally improving the construction andenhancing the utility of sewage disposal systems.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention can 'be made within the scope of what isclaimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical structure for carrying out the invention is shown in theaccompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view "in side elevation of asewage disposal system constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference In carrying out theinvention there is provided a base 1, preferably formed of concrete orcement, land on this base is set, while the cement is still green, thedisposal system, consisting of a section of pipe 2, of terra cotta, orlike material, and set vertically upon the base 1. The pipe 2 is formedwith the usual flanged, or bell end 2 into which the opposed end of 'anadjacent section of pipe is adapted to telescope.

The end of a similar pipe section 3 telescopes into the bell end 2 ofthe pipe 2, and this section is likewise provided with a bell end 3.

One end of a section 4c telescopes into the bell end 3, and is securedtherein by cement or otherwise, and the upper portion of the section iis reduced as shown. Seated on the upper end of the section t is thebowl 5, preferably made of china, and normally closed by a cover 6.

The bowl 5 is formed with an integral projection 7, which is cored toprovide a vent 8 which establishes communication between the interior ofthe bowl and ar vent or core 8 formed in the projection 7 and adapted toreceive the ends of the galvanized iron vent pipe 9.

Interposed in the vent pipe 9 is a T 9', one end of the cross arms ofwhich extends through an aperture 10, formed in the lower edge of thesection 4;. rThis end of the cross arms of the T is provided with anelbow 11 which connects to the upper end 'of that portion of the pipe 9which is positioned within the lower sections of the system, that is,sections 2 and 3. The T 9 serves to conduct water away from the septictank, whenever there is an overflow of water therefrom.

lVater enters the pipe from the tank through a nipple 12 which isprovided on the lowest section of the pipe 9 and is situn ated welltoward the bottom of the section 2.

The vent pipe has communication with the section L through a radiallyextending branch 13, formed on one section of the pipe 9, and extendingthrough an aperture 14, formed in the section 4.

The septic tank, consisting of the sections 2 and 3, is :filled withwater to about the water line 15, and water from the liquefied sewagekeeps the tank continually supplied with fresh water. j

The operation of the device is as follows z-The tank is, aswill beunderstood, so

constructed as to preclude air and light, and

is, as heretofore stated, supplied with water up to the water line l5.

When sewage` is introduced to the tank it will, being lighter than thewater, float on the water. Bacteria will form in the sewage and will, asis well known liquefy the sewage. After the device has been in use ashort time the bacteria will have increased to such an extent that alarge amount of sewage will easily be liquefied.

As the bacteria infected water is lighter than the pure water, the purewater will gravitate to the bottom of the tank and will, when the tankbecomes too full, overflow through the T 9.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and soughtby Letters Patent, is

1.. A sewage disposal system, including a vertically disposedcylindrical member, a cover for said member, an overiow pipe within saidmember and having an opening within the member and near the bottomthereof, the said pipe extending from the member between the bottom andtop thereof7 and a vent pipe extending from the overflow pipe andcommunicating with the upper portion 'of the cylindrical member.

2. A sewage disposal system, including a vertically disposed cylindricalmember closed .at its lower end, a cover for said member, an overflowcommunicating with said member between its upper and lower ends, and avent pipe communicating with the overflow and with vthe upper end ofsaid member. A

A sewage disposal syste-m, including a vertically disposed cylindricalmember closed at its `lowereiid, the said member composedof sections,the upper section comprising a bowl closed with a cover, an overflowcommunicating with the lowest sections, and a vent pipe communicatingwith the overflow Vand with 'the upper sections, said bowl having anintegral projection forming a passageway for `establishing communicationbetween saidbowl andthe vent pipe.

In testimony thatl claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CORNEALIUS WELKER YRUSSELL.

xVitnesses: A

E. W. WISCHMEIER, E. J. VVETZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, byaddressing'the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

